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Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe.
Peter McWilliams
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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
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Film Director
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Michigan
United States
Peter A. McWilliams
Peter mcwilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams
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Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.
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I must conquer my loneliness alone. I must be happy with myself or I have nothing to offer you. Two halves have little choice but to join and yes, they do make a whole. But two wholes when they coincide... that is beauty. That is love.
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I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.
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As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home.
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Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.
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As with most consensual crimes, this prohibition of hemp is both silly and sinister.
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The simple solution for disappointment depression Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.
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